The growing number of fast food outlets in the country has had a significant impact on the meat and poultry processing industry in India. There is a large potential for setting up modern slaughter facilities and development of cold chains in the meat and poultry processing sector. Buffalo meat is ...

There are a large number of players in the organised as well as unorganized sector of food industry. The organised sector is small but growing - for example, it forms less than 15 per cent of the dairy sector and around 48 per cent of the fruits and vegetable processing. The sector offers potentia...

In the dairy sector, though the share of organized sector is less than 15 per cent, it is expected to rise rapidly, especially in the urban regions. Among the milk products manufactured by the organized sector, some of the prominent ones are ghee, butter, cheese, ice creams, milk powders, malted m...

India produces more than 200 million tonnes of different food grains every year. About 15 per cent of the annual production of wheat is converted into wheat products. Primary milling of rice, wheat and pulses is the most important activity in food grains processing. Indian Basmati rice commands a ...

Over the last few years, the industry has seen a positive growth in ready-to-serve beverages, fruit juices and pulps, dehydrated and frozen fruits and vegetable products, pickles, processed mushrooms and curried vegetables. This sector is expected to grow to 10 per cent in the next few years and 2...

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Developed countries contribute more to Global Food Wastage

It seems to be fashionable to discuss the criticality of food wastage and then giving stock solution like setting up the cold chain and infrastructure. Rajat K Baisya attempts to provide a counter view point on the subject and discusses the real issues with respect to the wastage of primary foods to suggest some solutions.

IN INDIA, it seems to be fashionable to discuss the criticality of food wastage and then giving stock solution like setting up the cold chain and infrastructure. This discussion we are hearing since sixties. Indian food industry was relentless in pursuing three-point agenda for last four decades or so. India’s food wastage (USD 6.6 billion) is only 3.9 % of what USA’s wastage (USD 166 billion) and 0.88% of the global wastage (USD 750 billion). And USA has no constraints on cold chain and supply chain infrastructure. In fact most of the processing units are also located in the close vicinity of agricultural farms in US. We therefore, need demand linked supply chain infrastructure.

Roughly one third of the food produced in the world every year or approx 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted. About 56 % of Food Wastage is contributed by Developed Countries and 44% by Developing Countries (World Bank Report). Every year rich countries waste almost 222 million tonnes equal to entire net food production of Sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tonnes) – source UNEP. In USA 30-40% of the food supply is wasted equaling more than 20 lbs of food per person per month. About 30% of 430 billion lbs of product in US is wasted worth USD161 billion (source: USDA)Read More

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“Managing Intellectual Property” is a series of articles on intellectual property rights in the trade related matters. The series covers various dimensions of IPR, pertainign to the food processing industry, in the form of simplified legal text with suitable cases studies. We hope the series will benefit the food processors, policy makers, executives, managers, researchers, traders and other stakeholders in the processed food industry.Read More

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More than 75 percent of the rural households in India depend on livestock sector for supplementary income. This sector contributes 30 percent of the total income from agriculture in the country. Annual growth rate in livestock sector is more than four times in agriculture.Read More

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Colours are vital marketing tool to ensure the consumer appeal. Food colours are therefore used to restore the appearance of a food/drink after processing and also to help to maintain the particular shade of a product for the duration of its shelf life.Read More